<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A total </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/fire" rel="" target="" title="fire"><span>fire</span></a><span> ban has been declared for </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span> and many other regions after statewide temperature records tumbled in </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="" title="NSW"><span>NSW</span></a><span> and </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Both states broke their October temperature record by close to a degree yesterday as temperatures soared well beyond 40 degrees Celsius.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Birdsville in the deep Queensland outback near the border with South Australia hit 46.1 degrees, an entire degree more than the previous record set in 1995.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/northland-shopping-centre-armed-teens-terrorise-asian-grocer-in-suspected-revenge-rampage/2324017b-ef74-4d09-8361-361ddf8c9ba5"><strong><span>Armed teens terrorise grocer in suspected revenge rampage</span></strong></a><strong><span> </span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's also the eighth hottest October temperature ever recorded in Australia, and the only figure in the top 10 from outside of Western Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In NSW, Bourke hit 44.8 degrees, almost a full degree more than the 1919 mark of 43.9 set in the same place.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Weatherzone said there were several local monthly heat records across the eastern states, including Queensland's Thargomindah hitting 45.1, obliterating its previous October maximum by a full two degrees, and Tibooburra in NSW climbing to 42.8 degrees, 0.2 degrees hotter than the previous mark.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-weather-fire-ban-nsw-and-queensland-break-october-temperature-records/fff683b1-062c-4808-b40e-550ebb182f84" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Records aren't officially declared until 9am the following day but there was no chance of the daily maximums being exceeded overnight. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting another scorcher for NSW and Queensland today, with a top of 39 in Sydney, but the residents of Bourke and Birdsville will be breathing a sigh of relief with temperatures expected back below 40 degrees.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An extreme total fire ban kicked in at midnight for the Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney, Illawarra/Shoalhaven and Upper Central West Plains regions. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/wind-rain-thunderstorm-weather-south-australia-victoria/ac7d42ff-f939-4c2f-9f36-d6cf7be5ba90"><strong><span>States brace for storms, 'rare' destructive winds</span></strong></a><strong><span> </span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Take action now to protect your life and property," the Rural Fire Service warned yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"These are dangerous fire conditions. Check your bush fire plan and ensure that your property is fire ready.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If a fire starts, take immediate action. If you and your property are not prepared to the highest level, go to a safer location well before the fire impacts."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>North-west NSW is under a high total fire ban.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-city-stabbing-court-appearance/3a87004b-768c-4a25-9665-95848693236b"><strong><span>Stabbing accused in bizarre court appearance</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/excavator-blocks-speed-camera-adelaide/feffa5ef-b9cf-4624-aa6b-9a5d829a75b5" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Brazen move to stop speed camera caught on CCTV</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Angus Hines said there was a "bubble" of heat through the eastern interior of the country, covering western Queensland, north-western NSW and northern South Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The interior is seeing these incredibly hot temperatures, including a top of 31 degrees as the minimum for Thargominhad in the far south-west of Queensland," he said yesterday afternoon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Then after a warm morning, there's going to be a warm day."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Local </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/heat-records-october-temperatures-break-records-multiple-states/27ac5aa7-a468-4389-8b77-d8b568c629db" rel="" target="" title="temperature records had already tumbled"><span>temperature records had already tumbled</span></a><span> on Monday across South Australia, NSW and Queensland. </span></div></div>